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No se puede saber por qué. (There is no way of telling why); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 35.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–143
Medium/Technique
Etching, sulfur tint (?), burnished lavis, and drypoint; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.4 x 25.6 cm (6 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.3 cm (8 11/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.3 cm (8 11/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 155, I, 2; Delteil 0154
DescriptionWorking proof, before engraved letters and numbers, before additional drypoint, before burin (H. I, 2).
Marks
No watermark
Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)